THE BASIC FAMILY: John W. Merritt married in 1815 in Barren Co. KY to Elizabeth Ferguson CHILDREN: 1. Vadein (b. 1816 KY) (probably died in Scott Co. MO)(children migrated to TX & OK) 2. Archibald (b. 1817/8 KY) (probably died in Scott Co. MO before 1880) 3. William Riley (b. 1823 KY)(died before 1853 in Crawford/Dent Co. MO) 4. Obediah (b. 1826 Lawrence Co. TN)(d. 15 Feb 1916 Scottsville, Allen Co. KY) 5. Martin D. (b. 1828) (lived in Crawford Co. MO) 6. John Wesley (b. 14 Jan 1830 KY)**Our line** (d. 30 Jul 1916 Lincoln Co. OK) 7. Mary Ann (b. 20 Jul 1834 TN) (lived in Crawford & Dent Co. MO) I have "documentation" to connect Children #1,4,6,7 and the others are interpolated by being neighbors, living in the county where their mother moved and other implications but I'm still open to the possibility that they aren't siblings, but I feel it is likely they are. Denise Merritt ********************************************** My personal web page can be found at: http://pages.prodigy.com/GFVM89A and it will eventually be reloaded at the following: http://members.home.net/merritthome/ My Nest Entertainment (Quality Videos) site is: www.nestentertainment.com/dmerritt **********************************************